TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five years
Credit: ECDC New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional...
Sausages with antioxidants from berries to prevent cancer
An EU-funded research project is to make sausages, patties and other meat products healthier in the future. Researchers at Lund...
Treating depression w/ software: Tech from Mount Sinai steps into the…
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Art courses could help medical students become better clinical observers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams...
Aviragen Therapeutics licenses Georgia State Technology to develop antiviral therapies
ATLANTA–The Georgia State University Research Foundation (GSURF) has entered into a licensing and sponsored research agreement with Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc.,...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that...
Chances to treat childhood dementia
Credit: (Picture: Janos Groh) Childhood dementia is an inherited disorder that affects the metabolism of the brain. Initial symptoms include...
New study finds that lymph node removal isn’t necessary for all melanoma patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there,...
COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop...
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes…
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC – In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...
IU study finds slight shift in attitudes toward bisexuals, from negative to neutral
Credit: Indiana University Bloomington While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study...
Investigators may unlock mystery of how staph cells dodge the…
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017) — For years, medical investigators have...
Mutations in key cancer protein suggest new route to treatments
For years, scientists have struggled to find a way to block a protein known to play an important role in...
Opioid crisis impacts ICUs with more admissions, deaths
Credit: ATS Aug. 8, 2017 — The opioid crisis in the United States is resulting in increased admissions to hospital...
Chicago Radiological Society gives highest honor to Loyola radiation…
Credit: Loyola Medicine Loyola Medicine radiation oncologist Edward Melian, MD, has received the Chicago Radiological Society's 2017 Distinguished Service Award,...
Large, crystalline lipid scaffolds bring new possibilities to protein,…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization...
Researchers describe first-ever hybrid bird species from the Amazon
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A team of U of T Scarborough researchers have described the first known hybrid bird...
nTIDE December 2017: Year-end job numbers cap record year for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 5, 2018. Despite December's lag in U.S. job numbers, Americans with disabilities...
Racial minorities less likely to see a doctor for psoriasis
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Despite the fact that their disease may be more severe, a new study shows minorities...
Study reveals listeria bacteria can hide inside tissue of romaine…
Credit: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University study shows that the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes can live inside...
